Broom



F. P. BLASINGAML BROOM.

APPLICATION FILED APR- l, I920;

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Patented June 7, 1921.;

Ubiili iilfi FRANK P. BLASINGAIVEEOF CANTON, TEXAS.

BROOM.

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Application filed. April 1, 1920. Serial No. 370,616.

To all w 710m it may concern.

Be it known that I, FRANK P. BLASINGAME,

a citizen of the United States, residing at.

Canton, in the county of Van Zandt and Sta" of Texas, have invented certaln new and useful improvements in Brooms, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in brooms and relates more particularly to the novel construction and arrangement of such a broom. v

The particular object of my invention is the provision of a broom so constructed and arranged that when the straw or a portlon of the sweeping element becomes worn it may be removed from the frame and new material placed therein, the straw or sweeping material of the broom being arranged 1 n bunches or sections. This arrangement 1s particularly useful to persons who raise broom corn and who can replace one or all th bunches or sections of the straw in the broom as it becomes worn.

Another object of the invention is to provide a broom of this description which is simple in construction, very durable and which can be cheaply.manufactured.

My in qtion will be more fully understood fi 1 the following description. taken h the arcompanying draw- .iing part hereof, whichi is a side elevational view of a embodying the mainfeatures of my I ntion.

' .2 is an edge view.

i 8 is a vertical sectional view of one f the removable bunches of straw, illustratmanner of fastening a bunch or sec tn 1 to its supporting finger or core, and

Fig. at is a detail sectional view, illustrating the mode of connecting the handle to the frame.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the frame of the broom, comprising the head and carrying the straw, is formed of the arms l1 which are bowed outward and extend approximately; half way down the straw body. The upper ends of the Patented June "3, 1921.

arms are connected to the handle 2 by the screws 3-3. Midway between the arms 1-1 is cross arm 4 which is connected to the arms l.l by screws as shown, or may be made an integral part of the frame. As an additional means of strengthening the con nection of the handle to the frame a clip 5 is passed around the cross arm l and connected to the handle 2 by screws 6 and 7.

The straw of the broom is divided into a plurality of sections 88 and each section has a core 9 around which the straw is placed and wrapped with cord as shown, the straw fitting into the annular groove 10, and olding the straw securely in position. Zach core 9- is apertured to receive a bolt 11 'hieh bolt traverses the cross arm 4 and has nut advancedthereon. The sections 8 8 are then stitched as at 13 to further hold them in place and a cover (not shown) may if desired be slipped over and secured in position on the frame.

' To take out one of the sections 88 it is only necessary to remove the nut 12 and nndothe stitching 18. The complete sections be manufactured at small cost and purchased as needed.

Having thus described the nature and objects of my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent isit. rocm comprising a handle, a frame consisting of two arms with their upper ends connected to the handle and curved obliqu v downwardly and outwardly, a cross aim spanning the space between and connected to the arms and to the handle, a plurality of members spaced apart and removably secured the cross arm, said mem- FRANK r. BLASINGAME. 

